What\u2019s new in AI tools
Automated weekly roundup of release notes and changelogs across every AI tool we track. Currently indexing 250 updates.
This week \u2014 2026-W18
AI Tools This Week: 42 updates across 7 products
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ChatGPT app, Dynamic voice speed, A/B testing, and more
Launched ChatGPT integration for building voice agents, dynamic voice speed matching caller pace, and A/B testing capabilities for comparing agent performance.
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Agent Versioning 2.0, Granular Multilingual, Custom Voicemail, Voice Orb, and more
Released enhanced agent versioning with staging/production environments, granular multilingual support with automatic language detection, and custom voicemail handling capabilities.
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Live Call Monitoring, Custom Dashboards, Built-in CRM, Colloquial Model, Expressive Mode, and more
Major platform update introducing real-time call monitoring, customizable dashboards, native CRM integration with Salesforce/HubSpot, and enhanced voice agent capabilities with colloquial phrasing and expressive delivery modes.
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Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Instruct 0905 added
Kimi K2-0905 brings Moonshot AI's cutting-edge model to GroqCloud with enhanced agentic coding capabilities and a 256K context window. The model includes prompt caching for up to 50% cost savings and runs at 200+ tokens/second.
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Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) added
Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration is now available in Beta on GroqCloud, connecting AI models to thousands of external tools through Anthropic's open MCP standard. The implementation is fully compatible with OpenAI APIs, allowing developers to switch from OpenAI to Groq with zero code changes.
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Custom instructions for personalized chat responses
GitHub Copilot now supports custom instructions in VS Code and Visual Studio to personalize chat responses based on preferred tools, organizational knowledge, and coding practices.
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GitHub Copilot CLI - Agentic coding agent for terminal
GitHub Copilot CLI allows developers to build, debug, and deploy code directly from the terminal with AI assistance. The tool includes GitHub MCP by default and supports extending with additional servers for enhanced context.
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Leanstral 1.5: Proof Abundance for All
Mistral AI released Leanstral 1.5, an updated version of their open-source foundation model for trustworthy coding applications.
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Notion 3.6: External Agents, HTML blocks, and more
Major release introducing External Agents (Claude, Cursor), interactive HTML blocks, speaker labels in AI Meeting Notes, Microsoft file support, and Outlook integration.
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Notion 3.6: External Agents, HTML blocks, and more
Major release introducing External Agents integration with Claude and Cursor, interactive HTML blocks, speaker labels in meeting notes, and Microsoft Office file support.
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Beyond dashboards: Introducing Decision Execution Platforms
Databricks announces Decision Execution Platforms, a new concept that extends beyond traditional dashboards to enable automated decision-making workflows.
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Granular Usage Attribution for dbt Pipelines with Query Tags
Databricks introduces query tags functionality to provide detailed usage attribution for dbt pipelines, helping teams track and manage warehouse costs more effectively.
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Notion 3.6: External Agents, HTML blocks, and more
Introduces external agent orchestration with Claude and Cursor, HTML blocks for interactive content, speaker labels in AI meeting notes, and Microsoft Office file support for Notion Agents.
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F.03 Arrives at BMW
Figure's F.03 humanoid robot has been deployed at BMW facilities.
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F.03 Arrives at BMW
Figure AI's F.03 humanoid robot has been deployed at BMW facilities for industrial operations.
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From monolith to Lakebase to LTAP: rethinking the database from storage up
Databricks introduces LTAP (Lakehouse Transactional and Analytical Processing) architecture, representing a new approach to database design that unifies transactional and analytical workloads.
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How Databricks is turning video into searchable, actionable intelligence
Databricks launches video intelligence capabilities that enable organizations to extract searchable insights from video content using AI-powered analysis.
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Mission Big Dipper brings agentic execution to revenue teams
Gong launched Mission Big Dipper, introducing the Gong Revenue Harness as an agentic execution layer that enables AI agents to work alongside humans in revenue workflows. The update includes Custom Agents that can be built without code, expanded Gong Assistant capabilities, and new Gong Enable features for rep training.
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Mission Big Dipper brings agentic execution to revenue teams
Gong launched Mission Big Dipper, introducing the Gong Revenue Harness execution layer with Custom Agents, expanded Gong Assistant capabilities, and new Gong Enable features including Dry Run and AI Coach.
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Mission Big Dipper: Agentic Execution for Revenue Teams
Gong launched Mission Big Dipper, introducing the Gong Revenue Harness as an agentic execution layer that enables AI agents to work alongside humans in revenue workflows. The update includes Custom Agents that can be built without code, expanded Gong Assistant capabilities, and new Gong Enable features like Dry Run for realistic role-play practice.
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Introducing Mistral OCR 4
Mistral AI launched OCR 4, a state-of-the-art document intelligence model for optical character recognition and document processing.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Waymo Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders. The service provides enhanced features and benefits for frequent users.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders. The new service tier provides enhanced features and benefits for frequent users.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launches Premier, a premium tier service offering enhanced rider experience.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders. The new service tier provides enhanced features for frequent users of Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing platform.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders. The new service tier provides enhanced features and amenities for frequent users.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Waymo Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders of their autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a new premium tier service offering enhanced rider experience features. The service provides priority status and elevated amenities for riders.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a premium tier service offering an elevated experience for top riders of their autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience
Waymo launched Premier, a new premium service tier offering an enhanced rider experience with additional features and amenities.
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January Drop 2026
Introduced specialized AI agents for marketing, advanced code search and writing for engineers, and enhanced Assistant capabilities.
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February Drop 2026
Released 85+ new agent actions, conversational deployment analytics, and specialized engineering agents for workflow automation.
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Same Driver, new vehicle: Welcoming our first riders trips in the Ojai
Waymo began welcoming public riders to experience the Ojai, their next-generation autonomous vehicle. The new vehicle has been tested with employees for months and offers an enhanced rider experience.
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Same Driver, new vehicle: Welcoming our first riders trips in the Ojai
Waymo began offering rider trips in their new Ojai vehicle model while maintaining the same autonomous driving technology. This represents the deployment of a new vehicle platform for passenger service.
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Same Driver, new vehicle: Welcoming our first riders trips in the Ojai
Waymo began offering public rides in their new Ojai vehicle after months of employee testing. The Ojai is designed as a next-generation autonomous vehicle experience.
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Same Driver, new vehicle: Welcoming our first riders trips in the Ojai
Waymo began offering rider trips in their new Ojai vehicle model. The deployment maintains the same autonomous driving technology while introducing a new vehicle platform.
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Same Driver, new vehicle: Welcoming our first riders trips in the Ojai
Waymo began welcoming public riders to experience trips in their new Ojai vehicle after months of employee testing.
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Same Driver, new vehicle: Welcoming our first riders trips in the Ojai
Waymo introduced the Ojai as a new vehicle option in their autonomous fleet, marking the first passenger trips in this vehicle model.
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Introducing Search Toolkit
Mistral AI released Search Toolkit for building production search pipelines that can be deployed anywhere.
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Vibe gets to work
Mistral AI launched Vibe, a unified agent for long-horizon productivity and coding with Work and Code modes, plus a new VS Code extension.
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ChatGPT app, Dynamic voice speed, A/B testing, and more
Introduced ChatGPT app for building voice agents, dynamic voice speed that adapts to caller pace, and A/B testing capabilities for splitting call traffic across multiple agents.
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Prompt Caching added
Prompt caching automatically reuses computation from recent requests when they share a common prefix, delivering 50% cost savings for cached portions and improved response times. The feature works automatically with no code changes required and data expires within hours for privacy.
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Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Instruct 0905 added
Kimi K2-0905 brings Moonshot AI's cutting-edge model to GroqCloud with day zero support, featuring a 256K context window and enhanced agentic coding capabilities. The model offers prompt caching with up to 50% cost savings and runs at 200+ tokens/second.
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Merge cells in simple tables
Users can now merge cells in simple tables to create headers spanning multiple columns or group related rows into structured layouts.
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Merge cells in simple tables
Users can now merge cells in simple tables to create headers spanning multiple columns and structured layouts.
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Merge cells in simple tables
Added ability to merge cells in simple tables to create headers spanning multiple columns and group related rows.
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Custom instructions for personalized chat responses
GitHub Copilot now supports custom instructions in VS Code and Visual Studio to personalize chat responses based on preferred tools, organizational knowledge, and coding best practices.
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Prompt files for consistent responses
Users can now save and reuse prompt files to get faster and more consistent responses from GitHub Copilot. This feature helps standardize interactions with the AI assistant.
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GitHub Copilot CLI - Agentic coding agent for terminal
GitHub Copilot CLI enables users to build, debug, and deploy code directly from the terminal with an AI coding agent. The tool includes GitHub MCP by default and supports extending with additional servers for enhanced context.
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Observability for any agent, anywhere: Production-ready tracing with OpenTelemetry & Unity Catalog on Databricks
Databricks launches production-ready AI tracing capabilities using OpenTelemetry and Unity Catalog for comprehensive agent observability. The solution addresses traditional observability challenges in AI applications moving to production.